How much is too much? Alcohol consumption and related harm in the Northern Territory

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 269-272

  Skov, Steven J ^a   Chikritzhs, Tanya N ^b   Li, Shu Q ^c   Pircher, Sabine ^c   Whetton, Steven ^d  

^a Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PANCREATITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ALCOHOLISM; CAUCASIAN; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957666208     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03905.x     Document Type: Article

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